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A Comedian's Crusade Against Child Pornography, The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized, This Could Be The Best Suitcase You'll Ever Own, The Forever-Doomed Eastern Europe Of Our Imaginations, Is California In The Middle Of A Wildfire Apocalypse? (No), The Complex Origins Of Boiled Peanuts The Daily Digg Thursday, August 13, 2015 NOT FUNNY BUSINESS A Comedian's Crusade Against Child Pornography digg.com On this week's episode of "Reply All" — In 1992, comedian Barry Crimmins told an audience that he had been repeatedly raped as a child, and during the course of the 1990s he waged a one-man campaign against AOL and child pornography-dedicated chatrooms it hosted. THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized digg.com Bareknuckle fighting and dreaming of the big time in Florida, Canada's overbearing maple syrup cartel, and the intense, dangerous world of doctored softball bats. SUITCASES WE DIGG SPONSORED This Could Be The Best Suitcase You'll Ever Own trunkster.co The Trunkster has it all: USB charging, a built-in digital scale, location tracking and no zippers . Yeah. We're pretty confident that it's the bag of the future. And you can preorder now for 40% off. DOCTOR WHO? The Forever-Doomed Eastern Europe Of Our Imaginations theawl.com Unsurprisingly, the creation imaginary Eastern European countries for super villain backstories has not been kind to the West's perception of Eastern Europe. EMBER'S GAME Is California In The Middle Of A Wildfire Apocalypse? (No) buzzfeed.com A review of federal wildfire data shows that the situation in the West is not unusual, and fire-prone areas including California have actually had a comparatively calm season. A NUTTY HISTORY The Complex Origins Of Boiled Peanuts seriouseats.com Boiled peanuts are a Southern staple and are seen as an edible symbol of the region, but what are the origins of the tasty cuisine? Get more stories on Digg.com → UNDERWATER BLACKOUT The Los Angeles Reservoir is covered with over 90 million black plastic balls in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The city has completed a program of covering its open-air reservoirs with floating, 4-inch diameter "shade balls" to protect water quality by blocking sunlight from penetrating the 175-acre surface of the reservoir, preventing chemical reactions that can cause algae blooms and other problems. Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014